From the Biography of James Madison at http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html:
Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays. In later years, when he was referred to as the "Father of the Constitution," Madison protested that the document was not "the off-spring of a single brain," but "the work of many heads and many hands."
White House.gov's Biography of James Madison
James Madison was a major contributor to the creation of the Constitution, but was known to point out that he was not alone in the creation.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Week 9.2 Paraphrasing
From the Biography of James Madison at http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html:
Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays. In later years, when he was referred to as the "Father of the Constitution," Madison protested that the document was not "the off-spring of a single brain," but "the work of many heads and many hands."
According to the James Madison Biography at White House.gov some of the main additions to the Constitution were the Federalist essays that Madison wrote along with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton. (whitehouse.gov)
Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays. In later years, when he was referred to as the "Father of the Constitution," Madison protested that the document was not "the off-spring of a single brain," but "the work of many heads and many hands."
According to the James Madison Biography at White House.gov some of the main additions to the Constitution were the Federalist essays that Madison wrote along with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton. (whitehouse.gov)
Week 9.1 Quoting
From the Biography of James Madison at http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html:
Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays. In later years, when he was referred to as the "Father of the Constitution," Madison protested that the document was not "the off-spring of a single brain," but "the work of many heads and many hands."
"Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing (...) the Federalist essays. In later years, when he was referred to as the "Father of the Constitution," Madison protested that [the Constitution] was not 'the off-spring of a single brain,' but 'the work of many heads and many hands.' "
Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist essays. In later years, when he was referred to as the "Father of the Constitution," Madison protested that the document was not "the off-spring of a single brain," but "the work of many heads and many hands."
"Madison made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing (...) the Federalist essays. In later years, when he was referred to as the "Father of the Constitution," Madison protested that [the Constitution] was not 'the off-spring of a single brain,' but 'the work of many heads and many hands.' "
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Week 8.2
book:
Berkin, Carol. A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution.New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2002.
The Author Carol Berkin, is a according to the book jacket, an American History Professor at City University of New York and Baruch College. She also bares a striking resemblance to Tilda Swinton.
The Publisher, Harcourt, inc is not one i'm familiar with. According to the website, they are a global education company and they have unparalleled values.
Having a 2002 publishing date, makes the book, fairly current, which would keep it up to date with modern topics.
Berkin, Carol. A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution.New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2002.
The Author Carol Berkin, is a according to the book jacket, an American History Professor at City University of New York and Baruch College. She also bares a striking resemblance to Tilda Swinton.
The Publisher, Harcourt, inc is not one i'm familiar with. According to the website, they are a global education company and they have unparalleled values.
Having a 2002 publishing date, makes the book, fairly current, which would keep it up to date with modern topics.
Week 8.3
I "ping'd" Technorati. I also signed up with them. I probably didn't need to do that. I just did.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Week 8...
from the Belmar Library, searched in the history research section:
Berkin, Carol. A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution.New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2002.
Jewell, Elizabeth. U.S. Presidents Factbook.New York: Random House Referance, 2005.
Madaras, Larry and James M. SoRelle Taking Sides: Clasing Views in United States History - Volume One.Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009. (wow! the future!!!)
and
Johnston, Robert D. National Geographic: Making of America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2004.
Berkin, Carol. A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution.New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2002.
Jewell, Elizabeth. U.S. Presidents Factbook.New York: Random House Referance, 2005.
Madaras, Larry and James M. SoRelle Taking Sides: Clasing Views in United States History - Volume One.Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009. (wow! the future!!!)
and
Johnston, Robert D. National Geographic: Making of America. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2004.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Week 7, Post 2.3 MetaEureka Review
Strengths
Simple.
Downloadable Desktop toolbar. (Award Winning)
Handy help section.
Weaknesses
Simple.
Most of the more advanced functions onlyavailablewhen you download the toolbar.
Toolbar is not Mac compliant. Boo!
Search Engines and Directories Searched
from what I can tell, only Google.
Databases
Internet only.
Operators
Default operation
Search operators supported math, boolean
Proximity or exact phrase proximity
Truncation or stemming no
Wildcard no
Other
Case Sensitivity
None.
Stop Words
the usual seem to work.
Advanced Search Function
Only when you download the toolbar.
Limits
Date NO
File type no
Field searching no
Language no
Family filter yes
Domain or site no
Other
Sorting
seems to sort by top Google choices.
Display
Number of hits no
Open in new window or tab same window
Cached pages no
Clustering no
Thumbnails no
Suggestions for refining/narrowing search no
Spell check yes
Sponsored results identified no
Update date no
Other
Help Function
Yes, quite helpful for showing how to properly search.
Special Features
Seems like the only Special Features are with the downloadable toolbar.
This was by far the worst of the 3 I reviewed. It's pretty basic. Unless you download the toolbar. Which is not complant with Mac Users. Which I am.
Simple.
Downloadable Desktop toolbar. (Award Winning)
Handy help section.
Weaknesses
Simple.
Most of the more advanced functions onlyavailablewhen you download the toolbar.
Toolbar is not Mac compliant. Boo!
Search Engines and Directories Searched
from what I can tell, only Google.
Databases
Internet only.
Operators
Default operation
Search operators supported math, boolean
Proximity or exact phrase proximity
Truncation or stemming no
Wildcard no
Other
Case Sensitivity
None.
Stop Words
the usual seem to work.
Advanced Search Function
Only when you download the toolbar.
Limits
Date NO
File type no
Field searching no
Language no
Family filter yes
Domain or site no
Other
Sorting
seems to sort by top Google choices.
Display
Number of hits no
Open in new window or tab same window
Cached pages no
Clustering no
Thumbnails no
Suggestions for refining/narrowing search no
Spell check yes
Sponsored results identified no
Update date no
Other
Help Function
Yes, quite helpful for showing how to properly search.
Special Features
Seems like the only Special Features are with the downloadable toolbar.
This was by far the worst of the 3 I reviewed. It's pretty basic. Unless you download the toolbar. Which is not complant with Mac Users. Which I am.
Week 7, Post 2.2 Mamma Review
Strengths
Catchy ironic name
Ability to fine tune searches by focusing on or filtering out key words
Ability to save searches
Separates out searches by engines and directories
Weaknesses
Low results, only shows top 10 per search engine
Some might not like how it separates out the searches by engine
Not related to popular mid-90's Nickelodeon show
Won't let you continue to check for results unless you sign in to an account
Runs.. Very... Slow...
Search Engines and Directories Searched
By Default:
Google
Yahoo
Ebay
Amazon
Ability to add:
Overstock
Buy.com
technorati
MSN
Alexa
And the Ability to add any other
Databases
Web
Shopping
News
Operators
Default operation
Search operators supported Math, Boolean
Proximity or exact phrase Proximity
Truncation or stemming yes
Wildcard yes
Other
Case Sensitivity
There are no issues with case sensitivity
Stop Words
All of the ususal stop words seem to work fine.
Advanced Search Function
I couldn't find any kind of advanced search.
Limits
Date NO
File type NO
Field searching NO
Language NO
Family filter NO
Domain or site Yes
Other
Sorting
Sorts out pages by search engine or directory by the top 5 choices.
Display
Number of hits no
Open in new window or tab new window
Cached pages no
Clustering no
Thumbnails no
Suggestions for refining/narrowing search Yes
Spell check no
Sponsored results identified no
Update date no
Other
Help Function
none. There is a blog that shows updates, but has not had a new feature since June 15.
Special Features
Creator Blog
Join the Community
Ability to give feedback
Mamma was a fairly basic Metacrawler.
Catchy ironic name
Ability to fine tune searches by focusing on or filtering out key words
Ability to save searches
Separates out searches by engines and directories
Weaknesses
Low results, only shows top 10 per search engine
Some might not like how it separates out the searches by engine
Not related to popular mid-90's Nickelodeon show
Won't let you continue to check for results unless you sign in to an account
Runs.. Very... Slow...
Search Engines and Directories Searched
By Default:
Yahoo
Ebay
Amazon
Ability to add:
Overstock
Buy.com
technorati
MSN
Alexa
And the Ability to add any other
Databases
Web
Shopping
News
Operators
Default operation
Search operators supported Math, Boolean
Proximity or exact phrase Proximity
Truncation or stemming yes
Wildcard yes
Other
Case Sensitivity
There are no issues with case sensitivity
Stop Words
All of the ususal stop words seem to work fine.
Advanced Search Function
I couldn't find any kind of advanced search.
Limits
Date NO
File type NO
Field searching NO
Language NO
Family filter NO
Domain or site Yes
Other
Sorting
Sorts out pages by search engine or directory by the top 5 choices.
Display
Number of hits no
Open in new window or tab new window
Cached pages no
Clustering no
Thumbnails no
Suggestions for refining/narrowing search Yes
Spell check no
Sponsored results identified no
Update date no
Other
Help Function
none. There is a blog that shows updates, but has not had a new feature since June 15.
Special Features
Creator Blog
Join the Community
Ability to give feedback
Mamma was a fairly basic Metacrawler.
Week 7, Post 1
From Google:
Searched: "James Madison Museum"
Result: http://www.jamesmadisonmus.org/
First result.
relevance: 5.
Searched: James Madison Historical
Result: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html
first result.
relevance: 5.
Searched: "James Madison Museum"
Result: http://www.jamesmadisonmus.org/
First result.
relevance: 5.
Searched: James Madison Historical
Result: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html
first result.
relevance: 5.
Week 7, Post 2.1 Allth.at Review
Strengths
Catchy ironic name
Ability to fine tune searches by focusing on or filtering out key words
Ability to save searches
Separates out searches by engines and directories
Weaknesses
Low results, only shows top 10 per search engine
Some might not like how it separates out the searches by engine
Not related to popular mid-90's Nickelodeon show
Won't let you continue to check for results unless you sign in to an account
Runs.. Very... Slow...
Search Engines and Directories Searched
By Default:
Google
Yahoo
Ebay
Amazon
Ability to add:
Overstock
Buy.com
technorati
MSN
Alexa
And the Ability to add any other
Databases
Web
Shopping
News
Operators
Default operation
Search operators supported Math, Boolean
Proximity or exact phrase Proximity
Truncation or stemming yes
Wildcard yes
Other
Case Sensitivity
There are no issues with case sensitivity
Stop Words
All of the ususal stop words seem to work fine.
Advanced Search Function
I couldn't find any kind of advanced search.
Limits
Date NO
File type NO
Field searching NO
Language NO
Family filter NO
Domain or site Yes
Other
Sorting
Sorts out pages by search engine or directory by the top 5 choices.
Display
Number of hits no
Open in new window or tab new window
Cached pages no
Clustering no
Thumbnails no
Suggestions for refining/narrowing search Yes
Spell check no
Sponsored results identified no
Update date no
Other
Help Function
none. There is a blog that shows updates, but has not had a new feature since June 15.
Special Features
Creator Blog
Join the Community
Ability to give feedback
Allth.at seems to be fairly stable. It tends to run a little sluggish at times. Of the 3 I reviewed I would probably recomend this one the most.
Catchy ironic name
Ability to fine tune searches by focusing on or filtering out key words
Ability to save searches
Separates out searches by engines and directories
Weaknesses
Low results, only shows top 10 per search engine
Some might not like how it separates out the searches by engine
Not related to popular mid-90's Nickelodeon show
Won't let you continue to check for results unless you sign in to an account
Runs.. Very... Slow...
Search Engines and Directories Searched
By Default:
Yahoo
Ebay
Amazon
Ability to add:
Overstock
Buy.com
technorati
MSN
Alexa
And the Ability to add any other
Databases
Web
Shopping
News
Operators
Default operation
Search operators supported Math, Boolean
Proximity or exact phrase Proximity
Truncation or stemming yes
Wildcard yes
Other
Case Sensitivity
There are no issues with case sensitivity
Stop Words
All of the ususal stop words seem to work fine.
Advanced Search Function
I couldn't find any kind of advanced search.
Limits
Date NO
File type NO
Field searching NO
Language NO
Family filter NO
Domain or site Yes
Other
Sorting
Sorts out pages by search engine or directory by the top 5 choices.
Display
Number of hits no
Open in new window or tab new window
Cached pages no
Clustering no
Thumbnails no
Suggestions for refining/narrowing search Yes
Spell check no
Sponsored results identified no
Update date no
Other
Help Function
none. There is a blog that shows updates, but has not had a new feature since June 15.
Special Features
Creator Blog
Join the Community
Ability to give feedback
Allth.at seems to be fairly stable. It tends to run a little sluggish at times. Of the 3 I reviewed I would probably recomend this one the most.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Week 6, Post 2
Ok, lets do this thing.
Allt.at (www.allt.at.com)
Keywords: james madison AND constitution
search Strategies:
date: 10/2/2008
number of hits: at first, it shows the top 5 of each search engine, but their is an option to see up to 10.
relevance of hits (1-5):4, not bad.
Results: www.fff.org/comment/com0204.asp
Mamma at (www.mamma.com)
Keywords: James Madison AND Constitution
Search Strategies:
Date: 10/2/2008
number of hits: 34
relevance of hits (1-5): 4.5
Week 6 (already?), Post 1
Typically the default search engine i've always used has been google (www.google.com). This is mainly because it is what is built into Safari's Web Browser. Prior to this I was an avid Yahoo!(www.yahoo.com) user. This was only because that was what they taught us how to "use" the internet, way back in the late 90's when I was in High School. Back then, the internet was still new, and taking an internet class was, edgy.
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